ActiveTouch, the Creator of WebEx, Hosts World's Largest Interactive Web Meeting.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 1999-- Over 1000 People Participate in ActiveTouch's Launch of WebEx Meeting Center Services, Creating the World's Largest Interactive Web-Based Meeting ActiveTouch, creator of WebEx, the most popular meeting service on the Web, yesterday hosted the world's largest Web-based meeting. Over 1000 unique users logged on to WebEx's Live Global Launch Event site to participate in the interactive meeting. The meeting was held to unveil the new WebEx Meeting Center services and announce a substantial investment by Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom AG (ISIN: DE0005557508, FWB: DTE, NYSE: DT, LSE: DEU, TYO: 9496 ) (abbreviated DTAG) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Germany and in the EU. , Europe's largest telecommunications company See telecom company. . "I was overwhelmed by the level of excitement and participation our Global Launch Event generated," said David Thompson There are several men named David Thompson:
"Our unique ability to provide carrier-grade multimedia collaboration services has distanced us from the pack," stated Subrah Iyar, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ActiveTouch. "Yesterday's announcements -- our new WebEx services and Deutsche Telekom's investment -- and the fact that we are able to host the largest Web-based meeting in history prove that we are building a Internet communications service on a global scale." A total of 1057 users logged into the Live Global Launch Event site http://globalmeeting.webex.com to participate in the all day meeting. The new WebEx Meeting Center has two types of services: WebEx Conference Room Services and WebEx Virtual Office Services. Each service can be private labeled and leverages WebEx's unique ability to deliver real-time data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. collaboration, audio and video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. , application and desktop remote control and one-to-many or many-to-many presentations through a standard browser. WebEx is the only service that can provide this advanced collaboration functionality without requiring pre-installed software or firewall configuration. About ActiveTouch Founded in 1996, ActiveTouch Inc. is the leading provider of outsourced Web-based collaboration services. ActiveTouch develops and markets WebEx.com and WebEx Meeting Center. WebEx.com, the world's most popular Web-based meeting service, requires no pre-installed software or network configuration, just a browser and a telephone. WebEx Meeting Center is a customizable full-service version of WebEx.com available to businesses on a subscription basis. ActiveTouch is leading the drive to seamlessly deliver data, voice and video communications over the Web. Please call 408/980-5200 or visit http://activetouch.com, or http://webex.com for more information. Editors should contact Colin Smith at Antenna Group 415/977-1912 or colin@antennapr.com. |
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